Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sep. 13—ROCHESTER — The generation known for challenging social norms and traditions is dying to change another industry. Green ...

Hoosiers may soon be able to choose a "water burial" after at least a decade of lawmakers trying to add it to the options funeral services may offer. Rep. Mark Genda, R-Frankfort, once again ...

When thinking about funerals (you know, as one does), you likely picture mourners clad in black surrounding a casket or scattering ashes into the wind. These traditions are meant to honor someone ...

Portsmouth city councilors are exploring the possibility of allowing green burials in the city. Green burials are considered more environmentally friendly and could address the city's limited burial ...

A lot of families are looking at funeral costs and wondering when grief became a billing system. Between caskets, vaults, embalming, flowers, transport, and service fees, the final total can feel less ...

Green burials avoid embalming chemicals, metal caskets and concrete vaults, and instead use simple shrouds or biodegradable ...

Each day, Americans visit cemeteries to honor their loved ones. However, cemeteries are also the site of mass pollution, with almost a million gallons of embalming fluid and enough steel to build the ...

Thanks for the question Wormy, I’ve often wondered about that too – when it’s my time I would like to become a skeleton and do the danse macabre on Halloweens like in the old Disney “Skelton Dance” ...

HAMBURG, N.Y. (WKBW) — These days, there are many options when it comes to making end-of-life plans. And a funeral home in the Southtowns recently became the first in Erie County to get certified in ...

Before her death, Tessa Pascarella made clear to loved ones that she wanted a "green" burial. She envisioned her final resting place in a wooded area in the town of Sherman, but her family has since ...

2025 could be the year that Humboldt County sees a new green burial cemetery begin operations. Sacred Groves, a non-profit organization working to establish a conservation burial site in the county, ...

ROCHESTER — The generation known for challenging social norms and traditions is dying to change another industry. Green burials are becoming more in demand as baby boomers plan their deaths. Industry ...